Morphologies of blends of isotactic polypropylene and ethylene copolymer by rapid expansion of supercritical solution and isobaric crystallization from supercritical solution

Journal of Applied Polymer Science

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1478-1487

  Han, S J ^a,b   Lohse, D J ^a   Radosz, M ^c   Sperling, L H ^b,d  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^b LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Lehigh University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPOLYMERS; CRYSTALLIZATION; MORPHOLOGY; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYETHYLENES; POLYPROPYLENES; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); PROPANE; SOLUBILITY; SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

ISOTACTIC POLYPROPYLENE;

POLYMER BLENDS;

EID: 0033719003     PISSN: 00218995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-4628(20000815)77:7<1478::AID-APP9>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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